Over the past few days a lot has happened across the LazAI / Metis / ZKM / GOAT ecosystem, and I wanted to put everything in one place for anyone who’s trying to catch up. This shift is bigger than a single tool or token it’s the early foundation of a real AI-to-AI economy.
x402 Goes Live
HTTP 402 (“Payment Required”) has finally been activated as a crypto micro-payment standard.
This lets AI agents pay inside a web request no accounts, no APIs, no humans.
GMPayer Launch
LazAI + Metis + ZKM + GOAT shipped GMPayer, the first working x402 payment hub.
Agents can now send $xMETIS or $xGOATED autonomously across chains.
The live Proof-of-Concept:
Pay $1
Mint 5,000 $BANG
All done through an on-chain x402 call.
Why it matters
This is the beginning of:
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AI-to-AI payments
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Per-call billing for data, compute, and models
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Cross-chain value flow between agents
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Verifiable payments thanks to ZKM
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A BTC + L2 payment lane through GOAT & Metis
What’s next
Phase 2: AI spending limits + policy guardrails
Phase 3: AI Business Network (DAT-powered revenue splits)
Phase 4: A universal, cross-chain AI value exchange layer
Things are moving really fast!!